Tracy Zwick

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Writer at West Side Rag

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UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do In (and Around) the Neighborhood

1 week ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickLet’s Weekend!May 30th to June 1st, 2025Celebrate 150 Years of The Art Students League: 215 West 57th St.; weekdays 10 AM to 9PM, Saturdays 10 AM to 4 PM; Closed Sundays; Free Just steps inside the landmark building on West 57th Street that houses The Art Students League, you’ll find paintings, lithographs and drawings by the likes of Georgia O’Keefe, Winslow Homer and Norman Rockwell.
UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in the Neighborhood

2 weeks ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickMay 23 to 25, 2025Preview Gustavo Dudamel conducting the NY Philharmonic: Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Center, with additional performances next week and a free concert in Central Park on June 4th; more info and tickets on the Lincoln Center performances here and for the Central Park concert here.
UWS Weekend: Great Things to do In (and Around) the Neighborhood

3 weeks ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickIf you haven’t made it to the new Davis Center in Central Park, take the weekend to check it out, or make it a stop on your walk across the park for Sunday’s Israel Day Parade. Observe the night sky on West 145th Street this evening with the help of knowledgeable astronomers, or take in some live blues music Sunday in Riverside Park. If it’s rainy, use your indoor time to register for one of Wild Bird Fund’s terrific Central Park bird walks.
UWS Weekend: Great Things to do In (and Around) the Neighborhood

1 month ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickHow about a guided walk around the neighborhood this weekend, or a family-friendly playground party? If you’d rather stay indoors, I took the express train (2/3) to visit Printemps last weekend and can tell you it’s worth a minor schlep. Printemps is the French word for spring and also the name of the Parisian department store that’s just opened a gorgeous NY outpost in the financial district.
UWS Weekend: Great Things to do In (and Around) the Neighborhood

1 month ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickSpend some time in Central Park’s stunning new Davis Center or see work by emerging artists at Barnard this weekend. If it rains, I’ll be baking from the just-released cookbook of the UWS’s own Bobbie Lloyd – Chief Baking Officer and CEO at Magnolia Bakery. Or you could check out a classic film at New Plaza Cinema.
UWS Weekend: Great Things to do In (and Around) the Neighborhood

1 month ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickCelebrate Easter, Earth Day, and spring springing everywhere you look on the UWS. Let’s Weekend! April 18th to 24th, 2025Celebrate Easter: Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday take place over the next few days with religious services at houses of worship and celebrations all over One of the best Easters my kids and I had involved hiding eggs and picnicking with friends amongst the cherry blossoms in Riverside Park. My point is, you don’t need to get fancy to make it fun.
UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood

1 month ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickPassover begins this weekend and so does Holy Week. Whatever your religious persuasion, how could it be wrong to enjoy matzo toffee or chocolate bunnies? Even if, like me, you don’t love matzo, there are Passover delights to enjoy on the Upper West Side over the next few days. There’s also an annual reading of selections from Dante’s “Inferno” and a celebration of dance culture right across the park.
Buttercup Bake Shop to Build on Silver Moon Bakery’s UWS Legacy: WSR Talks With the New Owner

2 months ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickHazem Elgohary didn’t set out to become the steward of an Upper West Side neighborhood institution. He was simply growing his beloved family business, Buttercup Bake Shop – the cheerful, cupcake-forward bakery with outposts in midtown and a central kitchen in Long Island City. But then Silver Moon Bakery announced it was closing. The project went from “just another Buttercup location to pretty much a community bakery,” he said of the UWS expansion.
UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood

2 months ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickOpera, theater, and choral music performed by huge stars and stars of tomorrow are among your UWS options.
UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood

2 months ago | westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick

By Tracy ZwickSpring has sprung and it’s not just the forecast that looks spectacular. Take this weekend to make a plan to see the magnificently renovated Frick Collection, just a quick walk, bike, or bus ride across Central Park, when it reopens to the public in a few weeks — or when it reopens to members next week.